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David Spade Will Try To Follow ‘The Daily Show’ With A Pop Culture Skewering Late Night Show By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2019 2:30 pm EST Ever since The Colbert Report left Comedy Central in 2014, the cable network has struggled to hold onto a show that can effectively take the timeslot following The Daily Show. They tried to replicate the political satirical success of Stephen Colbert’s program with Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show and Jordan Klepper’s The Opposition, but the only sustainable series to fill the gap was Chris Hardwick’s @midnight, which came to an end in 2017....

Ep. 237 - The Conjuring (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From The Dissolve) By Slashfilmcast/July 22, 2013 9:36 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Tasha Robinson from The Dissolve discuss some of the biggest announcements coming out of this year’s Comic-Con, praise the new Evil Dead film, and bash the new Nicholas Winding Refn film. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!...

How ‘Rocketman’ Soundtrack Producer Giles Martin Rearranged Elton John Classics [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 31, 2019 3:00 pm EST Who wants the job of altering some of the greatest and most beautiful rock songs probably ever produced? It’s a job that’d probably scare off some musicians, but of course, not record producer and musical virtuoso Giles Martin. Martin, who’s previously remastered The Beatles’ White Album and Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band, does a wonderful job of keeping the beauty of Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s music alive and vibrant in his altered versions....

Mindy Kaling Teams Up With Netflix For A Coming-Of-Age Comedy Series Based On Her Own Childhood By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 21, 2019 5:30 pm EST Netflix has given a series order to a new coming-of-age comedy series co-created by Kaling and Fisher, with the latter serving as showrunner, according to Variety. Kaling announced via Twitter that she and Fisher will be bringing “lots of relatable, awkward teen moments” in the series, which will be inspired by Kaling’s own childhood growing up as a first-generation Indian American in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

Robert Rodriguez Explains That Surprise ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Cameo By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2019 2:00 pm EST Alita: Battle Angel has some high-profile actors in its ensemble, with Oscar winners Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, and Mahershala Ali all delivering their A-game in a surprisingly entertaining sci-fi epic. But one big cameo at the end of the film was one of the most exciting surprises. In a new interview, Robert Rodriguez explains how he landed the actor for that cameo, and what it potentially means for future films....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2019 7:30 am EST Maybe we’re getting one step closer to that Spider-Ham movie after all. The Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse co-writer and co-producer Phil Lord is crossing over to the comic book world, with a co-writing credit for the upcoming Spider-Man Annual – Featuring Spider-Ham #1. That’s right, Spider-Ham as we have come to know and love him in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is getting his own Spider-Ham comic issue....

The Criterion Channel’s Launch Line-Up Revealed, Sign Up Now For A 30-Day Trial And Reduced Price By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2019 9:30 am EST As we heard earlier this year, The Criterion Channel is launching on April 8. The new streaming subscription service will host the Criterion Collection and Janus Films’ library of more than 1,000 feature films, 350 shorts, and thousands of supplementary features, including trailers, introductions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, interviews, video essays, commentary tracks, and rare archival footage....

The Morning Watch: Guillermo Meets Spider-Man, Retro ‘Halloween’ Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, Tom Holland pops up on Jimmy Kimmel Live in the new Spider-Man: Far From Home suit and puts Guillermo in his place....

The Profoundly Flawed ‘The Phantom Menace’ Created A New Generation Of ‘Star Wars’ Fans – And I Was One Of Them By Caroline Cao/April 23, 2019 12:00 pm EST I was five when my father dragged me to the first installment of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: The Phantom Menace, in 1999. Five-year-old me had no understanding that Star Wars was a long-established galaxy, that other stories existed, that those stories existed chronologically ahead of this Phantom Menace movie....

Watch As The Most Passionate Fans Experience Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge For The First Time By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2019 2:30 pm EST This week brings the official opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, allowing fans to immerse themselves in a galaxy far, far away in a way that no one ever though would be possible. We’ve already covered what it’s like to experience the world of Batuu in the impressive and extensive expansion of Disneyland....

Zack Snyder’s Original ‘Justice League’ Script Was Never Shot By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 2019 11:00 am EST The Avengers director Joss Whedon was brought in to finish Justice League after director Zack Snyder stepped away to deal with a family tragedy. The result was a mess of a movie that tried to distance itself from Snyder’s vision that began in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and take the DC Extended Universe in a different direction....

‘Ramy’ Trailer: Hulu And A24’s New Comedy Series Looks Unique And Very Funny By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2019 10:30 am EST “What are your goals for this life?” It’s a heavy question that comes at the end of the Ramy trailer, and it’s greeted with an amusing answer – something that seems to reflect this series as a whole. Ramy is a new comedy series from Hulu and A24 about a first generation Egyptian-American in the midst of a spiritual journey, and it looks wonderful....

‘Sopranos’ Prequel Cast Adds ‘Umbrella Academy’ Actor John Magaro By Chris Evangelista/March 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST As has been the case with almost all of the Many Saints of Newark casting so far, details about Magaro’s character are being kept a secret. He joins Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Billy Magnussen and Michael Gandolfini. Of that line-up, we only have confirmation on two people: Nivola is playing Dickie Moltisanti, father of Sopranos character Christopher Moltistanti....

‘Swamp Thing’ TV Series Teaser Rises Up For DC Universe By Chris Evangelista/April 17, 2019 1:24 pm EST Earlier today, word broke that there was trouble in the world of the Swamp Thing TV series being made for DC Universe. The show’s shooting schedule was unexpectedly slashed, resulting in cast and crew being sent home. Then we learned the show’s original 13-episode order was shortened to 10. And then we got word of creative differences plaguing the production....

‘The Beach’ Prequel Series Is In Development, Danny Boyle Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST After Danny Boyle returned to one of his classic films with T2: Trainspotting, it seems the director has gotten a taste for sequels. Or prequels, in the case of his 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio-starring drama The Beach, which Boyle says is currently being worked into a prequel television series. In an interview with The Independent, Boyle revealed that Amy Seimetz, the actor-writer-director behind the Steven Soderbergh series The Girlfriend Experience, is currently developing a The Beach preqeul series, which Boyle called “a bit of a headfuck....

‘The Chronicles Of Narnia’ Reboot Series And Movies Coming To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2018 7:47 am EST “C.S. Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia stories have resonated with generations of readers around the world,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer. “Families have fallen in love with characters like Aslan and the entire world of Narnia, and we’re thrilled to be their home for years to come.” Douglas Gresham, stepson of C....

‘Toy Story 4’ Easily Tops The Box Office But Still Opens Below Expectations By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2019 7:30 am EST It should come as no surprise that Toy Story 4 topped the box office this past weekend. However, what is surprising is that the acclaimed sequel from Pixar Animation opened significantly lower than the studio projections heading into the weekend. In its opening weekend, Toy Story 4 raked in $118 million, which would be a strong opening for any movie....

The Goonies Score on Vinyl Here’s the official press release for The Goonies score on vinyl: From the imagination of Steven Spielberg and propelled by David Grusin’s score, Goonies plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling surprise-around-every corner quest beyond their wildest dreams! Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden doubloons, the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys…and a mild- mannered monster with a face only a mother could love....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ Get Outstanding Statues From Chronicle Collectibles By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2019 6:00 am EST While most of the love for Ghostbusters is thrown at the original 1984 movie, there are plenty of fans who also grew up with the animated series The Real Ghostbusters. Even though the team didn’t really look like their cinematic counterparts, the series had a fun style all its own, complete with plenty of vibrant, haunted adventures....

Exclusive ‘Skyscraper’ Clip Reveals An Extended Opening Scene By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 8, 2018 10:00 am EST Skyscraper, the movie where Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson fights a building, hits Blu-ray this week. To celebrate, we’re bringing you an exclusive Skyscraper clip featuring an extended opening sequence from the film. Here, Johnson and co-star Pablo Schreiber end up in a tense hostage negotiation scene at a farmhouse. Things don’t go so well. Watch the Skyscraper clip below....